据道琼斯11月25日消息,哥伦比亚智库Fedesarrollo的研究显示,在过去的一年中,哥伦比亚的石油行业已经受到低油价的冲击,勘探和钻井活动也已经大幅下降。2011-2014年期间占据哥伦比亚GDP约5%的石油行业在2014年时平均每月钻取9.41口油井,而今年平均每月只钻取2.37口油井。该智库表示,钻井数量的大幅减少意味着到2018年哥伦比亚的日均石油产量将在当前的约100万桶/天的基础上减少18.8万桶-25.3万桶/天。哥伦比亚矿产部和其他部门正在考虑刺激勘探和钻井的策略。
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Colombia's Oil Drilling Falls Sharply
As Colombia's oil sector has been hit by lower oil prices, exploration and drilling have also fallen off sharply in the past year, according to a study by Fedesarrollo, a Colombian think tank. The oil sector, which accounted for some 5% of Colombia's GDP between 2011 and 2014, drilled an average of 9.41 wells per month in 2014, while this year, the average was just 2.37, the report says. It says that could mean that daily production -- currently around 1M barrels a day -- could fall by 188,000 to 253,000 barrels per day by 2018. The mining ministry and other officials are mulling strategies to encourage exploration and drilling.